Friday, August 21, 1942
Locals ij
Thursday max. 85, min. 58
Hiver today -3.7 ft.
A recent visitor at the Paul
Fuhrer home in Hayesville was
Dr. Louis Horn, of Baker, who
has come here to make his home
Dr. Horn, a veterinarian for
many years, plans to maintain a
hospital for cats and dogs
connection with his regular prad
tice.
For Home Loans see Salem
Federal, 130 South Liberty.
Personal and army effects
were stolen from his motorcycle
4vhile he was attending a the
tre, ' lbert Braun, soldier home
on furlough, reports to the city
nolice. Among the articles
were tools and an army rain
coat;
Enlisting in the marine corps
in Portland yesterday were Eld
red H. Bankston, Salem; Lee,
Bryan Moss, Sweet Home, and
Kenneth D. West and Don Zier,
both of Corvallis.
Hum. 255 N. Com'l. Sat. 9:30-5
199
Navy enlistments in Portland
yesterday included those of Don
ald Franklin Stupka, Lester
John Geer and Napoleon Edison
Vanover, all of Salem, and Rich
ard Samuel Woodward, of Sweet
Home.
Luti Florist. 1276 N. Liberty.
4 The 13th and 14th battalions
w6f the Oregon state guard,
eluding companies from Linn,
Lincoln and Benton counties,
will be reviewed by Governor
Charles A. Sprague and give' a
demonstration of ' combat prob
lems on Central field at Albany
on Sunday, August 30, it is an
nounced by Major Mark V. Wea-
therford, commander of the two
battalions. . ,
It costs no more to use the
best. He-roof now with Pabco
Hoofing. No down payment.
12 months .to pay. Ph. 9221
R. L. Elfstrom Co., 375 Cheme-
keta St -
A special week-end service
Friday, and Saturday with two
services Sunday, will be held at
the Pilgrim Holiness church at
Market and Capitol street with
Rev.. Cobb of San Fernando
Calif., speaking. There will be
especial singing with guitar ac
wcompaniment. The
start at 7:45 o'clock.
services
Canning peaches, you pick.
Asplnwall Orchards at Brooks.
Phone 21261.
Savings insured to $5000.00
are earning 3 at Salem Fed
eral, 130 South Liberty. '
Clifton Cooper, an employe of
the California Packing company,
received severe head injuries
while working at the ' plant
Thursday. His condition is re
ported "fair" by the Deaconess
hospital.
Screens made to measure. Or
der now while galvanized screen
is still available in our stock
Dick Meyer Lbr. Co. Ph. 4939.
199
The 18th annual reunion of
the Jones family of the Wood-
burn district will be held at
"Champoeg state park Sunday,
with the program starting at 10
o'clock.
Attention Eagles! Big Jambor
ee at new air conditioned Eagles'
hall, Saturday night. 199
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Marsters
were in Roseburg Thursday to
attend funeral services for her
brother, A. B. Houser. He was
the father of Roy Houser, former
manager of the Western Auto
Supply company here. They
were accompanied by Mrs. Wade
Ellis and Mrs. Theodore Ullakko
High grade Dutch Boy Paint
can still be obtained, no change
in prices or quality, at Dick Mey--er
Lumber Co. Ph. 4939. 199'
The fire department was call
ed to Court street between High
and Church last night to extin
quish an automobile fire which
did little damage. Defective
wiring called the department to
690 North 14th street shortly
after 8:30 o'clock last night. -
We repaint, record, retape Ven.
blinds. Reinholdt-Lewis. P. 8991.
199"
Richard I. Severin, technical
sergeant with the air service,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Sev
erin, who has been stationed in
Boise, Ida., has been promoted to
master sergeant and transferred
to the glider school in Albuquer
que, N. M.
Congressman James W. Mott,
gtpl Salem, will speak at the In
dependence grade school audi
torium Monday night at 8
o'clock. He will discuss prob
lems relative to Camp Adair and
general conditions. The public
is invited to hear him. Congressman-
Mott will go to Inde
pendence early in the afternoon
and accompanied by E. L. Gray,
Independence coordinator, will
tour Camp Adair, returning to
meet with the four county can
tonment council at a dinner
meeting at the Cafe Adair before
making his public appearance.
You can still buy a Johns Man
ville roof. Nothing down, 12 mos.
to pay. Mathis Bros. 164 S. Coml1
199
Thos interested in The Lou
ise Home, for girls, in Portland,
will be interested to know that
the Salem quota, amounting to
$1,300 has been fully met. The
committee consists of Dr. Gus
sie Niles, general chairman,
Mrs. Claries A. Sprague, secre
tary, and Guy Hichock, treas
urer. Other heads of commit
tees are W. E. Hanson, solici
tation, E. E. Thomas, speakers,
and Dr. V. A. Douglas, pub
licity. Eola Acres Florist. Ph. 5730.
199'
Building permits have been is
sued to Charles S. McElhenny,
reroof dwelling, 1658 Court,
$78.50; Ed Thomson, reroof
porch, 1810 North 4th, $10; No
na Elfberg, reroof dwelling, 555
North 15th, $100; D. E. and
Esther Decker, alter dwelling,
507 North 19th, $75; B. Fenwick,
erect chimney at an apartment,
645 Ferry, $85, and E. F. Arne
son, reroof dwelling, $20.
We carry a complete line of
Marcelle Hypo-Allergenic Cos
metics. Quisenberry's. 199
Among the 29 Oregonians en
listed as naval aviation cadets
during the past week, Command
er Bert H. Creighton, of the ca
det selection board for the 13th
naval district, announces Edwin
P.. Mything, John P. Burris and
James A. Henery, all of Salem.
Dance Saturday night at Stay
ton's new outside dance pavilion
with the Top Hatters. 200
Flying Dragons
Use Jap Plane
Chungking, Aug. 21 (IP) A
captured Japanese army, plane
has been taken up for test
flights over China by Major Da
vid L. Hill of Hunt, Tex., and
may be used for practice dog
fights by Brig. Gen. Claire L.
Chennault's Flying , Dragons.
Hill, six-foot two-inch former
American volunteer group pilot
and now a member of Chen
nault's force, had trouble crowd
ing his lanky frame into the seat
built for pint-sized Japanese.
My darn knees were up to
my chin," he said.
The plane, a 1940 model 1-19
was seized by the Chinese last
year when it was forced down in
Fukien province.
"The short turning radius and
maneuverability of the plane are
unbelieveable," said Hill. "It
takes off and lands with very
short runs. Instruments are sim
ple and all gadgets are handy. It
has no armor plating- and no
self-sealing gas tanks, which are
sacrificed for performance."
While standing in front of the
Orey pool hall at 2:40 o'clock
this morning Officer Overgard
heard a noise apparently in the
rear of the building and 'Upon
investigation found that an at
tempt had been made to enter
the McDowell market, 171 South
Commercial. He roused Ralph
McDowell and they searched the
place but apparently nothing had
been taken. Tracks were found
and the rear door had been fore
ed open about five Inches.
Tom Wood of the B B bowl
ing alley reports to police that
while his coat was hanging in a
rear room someone took $37
from a wallet.
Edwin Floetke, who was ar
rested late last nlghtt at West
Stayton by Deputy Sheriff
Young on a disorderly charge,
was taken to Stayton justice
court this morning by Sheriff
Burk where Justice Bell sent
enced him to' 10 days in jail and
to pay a fine of $50. However,
he was given suspended sentence
and paroled to Sheriff Burk sub
ject to good behavior.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Arebart,
925 Union street, have received
word from their son, Dale Are
hart, that he has been promoted
to sergeant and is now stationed
in the dental clinic at Camp Cat
lan, Calif.
The mixed two-ball foursome
golf tournament planned for
Sunday, August 23, at Wood
burn, has been postponed one
week, it was announced this aft
ernoon. The play will be it the
same time Sunday, August 30,
with supper at S o'clock.
Reed College
Leaves If to Keezer
Portland, Ore., Aug. 21 (IP)
The Reed college directors left
it up to Dr. Dexter M. Keezer
whether or not he is to continue
as president.
They refused to extend his
present leave of absence at a
meeting yesterday but said that
he might return to his post for
the fall term if. he wished.
Some Reed factions have de
manded Mr. Keezer's resignation
because of his lengthy absences
on government assignments. At
present he is director of the con
sumer division of the OPA and
has been in Washington almost
constantly. He is now vacation
ing here. ,
Regulating
Of Off-Shore
Fishing Looms
Washington, Aug. 21 VP) A
study of certain crustaceans as
a food resources and drastic reg
ulation of Pacific coast off-shore
salmon fishing are expected by
Sen. McNary (R., Ore.) .from two
measures on which he said to
day there had been no objec
tions. McNary said he expected ap
proval as soon as he could call
the bills up for senate vote.
The fishing bill would require
licensing by the fish and wildlife
service of all offshore salmon
fishing south of latitude 50 north
which would include the three
Pacific coast states and would
authorize the service to deter
mine deeded regulations and to
co-ordinate off shire regulations
with those in force in the three
states.
Each boat used in offshore sal
mon fishing would be required
to have a license, at a fee of not
more than $5, and the kind of
gear and nets to be used would
be specified.
Those who engaged in offshore
fishing in 1939, 1940 and 1941
would be entitled to file applica
tion for permits. If in later
periods the service determined
that more permits should be is
sued, they would be distributed
by lot among applicants.
Court News
Circuit Court
Complaint for divorce by Chester
R. vs. Alice S. Kidgway alleges cruel
and inhuman treatment and asks
ratification of a property agree
ment between the parties. They
were married in Salem September
28, 1920.
Petition in the case of Salem vs.
Jim M. Rice and others asks ap
pointment of an attorney and guar
dian ad litem for a long list of de
fendants whose status cannot be
ascertained, states the petition, and
is necessary before titles can be
guaranteed. ,
Five defendants indicted by the
grand jury in its report filed yes
terday afternoon are scheduled to
have their arraignments next Tues
day before Judge Page who accept
ed the report of the Jury yesterday.
, Dorothy Miller has filed com
plaint for divorce from Roy Miller,
wno sne married at cnehalis, wn.
Nov. 16, 1935, She alleEcs cruel and
inhuman treatment, asks custody of
a child, reasonable support money
ana an appropriate division of the
personal property.
Probate Court
Appraisal of $441.70 has been
made on the estate of Josephine
A. Bruzas by Walter S. Lamkin.
Bessie M. Elofson and Ruby' W.
Emery. Ronald C. Glover, admin
istrator, has been directed to exe
cute a-deed to Mr. and Mrs. Lawr
ence A. Scmltz.
Minnie A. Haworth. admlntstra.
trix of the estate of David R. Dealy,
iias peiuionea lor autnorlty to sell
personal properly, consent of E. W
Dealy, guardian ad litem, accom
panies the petition.
Justice Court
Lydla Wuest. assault and hatterv
vii preierrea c-y Berths Mix,
i-ase taiten under advisement.
Bert Hoyt. failure to ston. PImHM
guilty; case continued for sentence
until sept. 21.
Robert Harvey, violation of hnslr
speed law. Pleaded guilty, fined
iu ana costs.
Police Court
Failure to ston. Harrv
8alem, and James A. Rhinebold!
Portland; bail $2.50 each.
No driver's license. rtonnM T.wm
ioub court, and Fred Lassie, 482
oomn nign.
Alfreds Parazoo and Oroha Srhn.
nechln, both of Chiloquln, vagrancy.
Fined tloo each and given 90 days
in Jail.
Drunk charred BffAtnct Rut v e
Moan. Camp Adair, released sr.'
my aiunonues; and Harry C. Krem
mel, Eugene, ball $10.
Marriage Licenses
James L. Worthlnglon, 23, U. 8
army. Rt. l, and Vemetta Wllev. 19,
bookkeeper. 250 S. CniiAo. lvMh
Balem, . ' .
The Capital Journal, Salem; Oregon
lope
for Action
On USO Building
In Two Weeks
After having followed up sev
eral blind alleys with dead ends,
the committee in charge of pro
viding USO facilities for Salem
believe they have found the
highway toward success. Re
ports of progress in connection
with the local situation were
made during a luncheon today
attended by heads of the several
department committees.
William Crawford of the gov
ernor's economic council who is
also a member of the northwest
group which passes on the eligi
bility for material priorities in
all projects of this nature, said
he felt sure definite action would
come within a couple weeks. He
quoted a telegram from Senator
McNary, who said he had check
ed in Washington with the works
production board. The latter
group reported that applications
must pass through the federal
works administration and then
be approved by the president.
Present plans call for the leas
ing of the American Legion hall.
Certain alterations will be made
in the structure and it is the
hope of the building committee
that an additional $18,000 or so
can be secured with which to
build an annex on the Chemek
eta street side of the structure.
Making reports today for the
various activities were: State
Librarian Eleanor Stephens, Dr.
H. E. Rahe, Mrs. W. L. Phillips,
Dr. Henry Morris,1 Ralph Cur
tis and William Crawford.
George Martin of the YMCA
division of USO of San Francis
co, a guest at today's luncheon,
congratulated the local council
as having laid the finest ground
work for successful operations
he had found anywhere.
It was stated by Mr. Craw
ford that Col. McCoy of Camp
Adair is particularly anxious
that he Monmouth USO be one
of the first to be completed in
this area.
Adlard Boys
Both In Service
Of interest to many Salem
people is the word received by
Mr. and Mrs. W. R, Adlard con
cerning their two sons, both of
whom are in the service.
Ensign John Adlard, the old
er son, is reported on active duty
with the navy somewhere on the
Pacific. He has completed the
armed guard school in San Die
go. He is a graduate of Salem
high school, and Willamette uni
versity. For the past several
years he has been one of the
head chemists with the state
highway department. Mrs. Ad
lard is the former Jean Andrews
and for the duration she will
stay in San Francisco.
Staff Sergeant I. R. Adlard,
the younger son of Mr. and Mrs.
Adlard, has recently completsJ
a course in the Japanese lan
guage. He has studied to become
an interpretor. He is now at of
ficers' training school at Fort
Sill in Oklahoma.
Sergeant Adlard is a graduate
of Salem high school and Ore
gon State college. In the year
1937-38 he was an exchange
student in Canton, China. He
was also the first and only Am
erican student to enter the col
lege at Los Banios in the Phil
ippine islands.
Germans Claim 2095
Prisoners at Dieppe
Berlin (from German broad
casts), Aug. 21 (IP) The Ger
man high command said today
that 2,095 prisoners had been
captured in the Dieppe attack. Of
these, 607 were reported wound
ed. Preliminary accounts the day
after the fight had listed the
number of prisoners at 1,500. '
(There was no confirmation
from allied sources of these fig
ures. Allied losses have not
been given.)
A German communique said
117 British planes were shot
down in the attack instead of 112
as originally reported. German
plane losses were placed at 35
instead of the earlier-reported
37.
Plywood Trainer
Planes Produced
San Diego, Calif., Aug. 21 m
The Ryan Aeronautical com-i
pany today said a plastic-bonded
plywood trainer plane is now In
production for the army.
The new two-place open cock
pit PT-25 eliminates 98 per cent
of tho aluminum alloys used in
other trainers. Forgings. cast
ings and iron and steel structural
parts are greatly reduced.
Chinese Recapture
Kwangfeng Base
Chungking, Aug. 21 (IP) An
official Chinese military report
today said Chinese forces had
re-captured Kwangfeng, which
the Japanese had developed into
one of their most powerful
strongholds in Kiangsi province.
It was slated the re-capture
had dispelled tho threat of the
first overland Japanese invasion
of Fukien province.
The Chinese were said to have
retaken the city yesterday morn
ing after by-passing it iir the
Kiangsi campaign in which they
have recaptured Kweiki, Shang-
joa and other points to wresi
from the Japanese the control of
a 60-mile stretch of the eastern
Kiangsi railroad.
Oregon Drive
For Scrap Opens
On Labor Day
Oregon's big drive for scrap
iron and steel, as a 48th-part of
the national scrap harvest, will
open with a blast the week of
September 7, Labor Day, This
announcement was made Thurs
day by Claude I. Scrsanous,
chairman of the state salvage
committee, following a meeting
at Portland of representatives of
the USDA war board, county
agents, oil, automotive, farm
equipment and rubber industries
which are tying in with the in
tensive war program.
mis drive will find more
than 5,000 volunteer workers
doing a grand job," said Sersan
ous, which probably will be even
more outstanding than the re
cent rubber drive, which netted
the government 10,225 tons of
old rubber scrap from Oregon.
We sincerely hope that the
big drive can start with a bang
on Labor day and that Oregon's
million and more citizens will
make the supreme effort, with
labor in the vanguard."
Sersanous emphasized the fact
that Oregon's quota on the drive
between now and January 1 is
47,500 tons and that Uncle Sam
needs a total of 17,000,000 tons
to carry on necessary war pro
duction activities. During the
first six months Oregon put into
war production more than 60,000
tons. :
W. H. Ramsey, manager of the
Union Oil company for -Oregon
is heading up the petroleum in
dustry in the harvest program
and C. W. Thorp of the Good
year Rubber company is state
chairman of the Inter-Allied In
dustries group, which will tie in
with the salvage committees of
the state to put over the drive.
The automotive group is
headed by A. B. Smith of the
Smith Chevrolet organization
and the farm equipment group
by J. M. Burt of the John Deere
Plow company.
Sersanous pointed out that
when the big campaign gets un
der way, every piece of old, un
usable plow, fence, chair, tractor
or other piece of iron or steel
equipment or part thereof should
be turned in through these or
ganizations and the salvage com
mittees as designated "official
salvage depots" throughout the
slate.
Ban Rail Delivery
Of Gas in Midwest
Washington, Aug. 21 Wi-
-Pe-
troleum Coordinator Harold
Ickes today prohibited railroad
delivery of automobile gasoline
in 20 states in the middle west
and southwest in a move to re
lease an estimated 5000 to 6000
tank cars for supplying the cast.
The states brought under the
ban were Texas, Louisiana, Mis
sissippi, Alabama, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Il
linois, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Wis
consin, Michigan, Minnesota,
North Dakota and South Dakota.
Deputy Coordinator Ralph K.
Davies said It "remains to be
seen" whether rationing of pe
troleum would- be made neces
sary in those states as a result of
the order.
Plan to Call Men
With Dependents
Evanston, III., Aug. 21 Brig.
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey said to
day that draft boards would be
gin calling men with dependents
before Christmas.
Tho national selective service
direclor reiterated the order in
which men with
dependentsj
would be called.
Single men with "secondary" had exhausted its fuel and ra
dependents, such as aged or crip-1 lions, and was escorted to Fcr-
pled relatives, would be called
first, he said
Next would come married men
whose wives work, then men
with dependent wives, and fin
ally men with wives and children.
Willkie Sent
To Tell Allies
Of War Effort
(Continued from page 1)
by the news agencies of this
country as to make the situation
seem much more serious than it
actually is.
Raw Materials Problem
The fundamental problem of
production in this country today,
he said, is getting raw materials
to plants. He said the priority
system sometimes did not work
out, but added that tho very use
of the system signified there are
not enough raw materials to go
around.
Asked whether he was satis
fied with production, the presi
dent said no and that he never
would be, but he added that he
was not blue about the situa
tion. Emphasizing that this is a
world war, he said the United
Nations did not yefhave enough
implements of war to go around.
As an example, the president
said, he .would like to have
1,000,000 American troops in
Australia but they just could not
be put there.
The trip was Willkie's own
idea. He has an insatiable appe
tite for information about what
is going on where the fighting
is. An example was his 1941
visit to Great Britain where he
conferred with Prime Minister
Winston Churchill.
Income Tax
Plans Discussed
Washington, Aug. 21 (U.R) A
senate finance subcommittee to
day considered a proposal to col
lect income taxes currently in
stead of a year behind through
mandatory monthly installments.
Such a system, it adopted,
would be substituted for the
house-approved plan to withhold
a portion of taxes from wage,
salary and dividend checks.
; Chairman Bennett C. Clark,
(D., Mo.) of the subcommittee
appointed to study "pay-as-you-eran"
income lax collection, in
dicated that he favored a system
to collect income taxes on a
current, monthly basis. Such a
plan would be an adaptation of
one submitted to the finance
committee by Beardsley Ruml,
chairman of the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, to "forgive"
taxes on 1941 income, which are
being paid in installments this
year, and begin current eollec
tion of income taxes by applying
the money paid on 1941 taxes to
1942 taxes.
The congress of industrial or
ganizations in a formal state
ment commented on the course
of the 1942 war revenue pro
gram through congress, con
demning the house nad senate
tax committees for rejecting the
treasury revenue program.
3rd Enemy Sub
Sunk Off Brazil
(HT the Assoclplfid PrrjiO
Enemy submarines in Sonlh
American waters have picked off
two more merchant victims but
reports from Rio dc Janeiro to
day said a U. S. plane had sunk
another undersea raider the
third destroyed in recent days
in that area.
That the pack of axis submers
ibles is meeting stiff resistance
off the Brazilian coast was in
dicated by dispatches from Fort
Alcza crediting ah American
plane with destroying a sub.
United Stales fliers also were re
ported to have sunk one other
submarine of the three.
Ihe last officially disclosed
ship sinkings those of a Bra
zilian coastal steamer and a Brit
ish cargo carrier put at 438
the Associated Press tabulation
of announced allied and neutral
war time merchant losses in the
western Atlantic area.
Brazilians Capture
Second U-Boat
Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 21 (U.W
The Brazilian air force was re
ported today to have captured a
U-boat, the second put out of ac
tion since a ruthless sea and air
search was started for the sub
marines that sank five Brazilian
ships in coastal waters a week
ago.
Capt. Silvio Fonloura of the
Brazilian air force was reported
to have nrrived here to report
on the capture. The submarine
was taken it was said, after 11
-nnndo Noronha Island.
President Gelulio Vargas
promised 10,000 seamen who
marched lo Gunabara palace last
night thai the United Slates and
Brazilian navies would protect
Ihcm.
Big Salmon Run
In the Columbia
Astoria, Ore., Aug. 21 UP)
Gillnet fishermen brought in
loads up to 6,000 pounds during
the last two days, buyers and
packers of Chinook salmon re
ported here today. The calches
allayed fears that Bonneville
dam,- across the Columbia river
about 100 miles upstream, had
damaged the run. The current
run was spawned since the Ham
blocked the river five years ago.
salmon return to spawning
grounds every four years.
Makin Island
Said Scene of
Marines' Raid
(Continued from page 1)
The navy said a Japanese de
slroycr or cruiser had been set
afire by allied aircraft and de
clarcd that bombardments by
enemy planes, destroyers and
submarines had inflicted only
minor damage on allied shore
positions.
Ships Easily Hid
Enemy destroyers could hide
easily in the maze of islands,
escaping detection by day, and
make hit-and-run attacks on (he
marines' shore positions under
cover of darkness.
The navy's announcement that
several islands had been "re
cently captured" indicated that
the marines, cutting through the
mountainous jungles, had vir
tually completed occupation of
tho strategic bases. The leath
ernecks were known to have
gained beachheads on at least
three and perhaps six of the
eastern Solomons.
Informed quarters in Auck
land, New Zealand, said the Jap
anese were busily reorganizing
their naval and air forces in the
northern Solomons, apparently
for a renewed attempt to drive
out the American sea-borne in
vaders in the southeast.
Delaying Battle
These quarters said Japanese
troops in the Tulagi region were
fighting a bitter delaying action
in the hope of receiving rein
forcements, and declaring the
outcome still hangs In the bal
ance.
Striking at Japanese supply
bases far to the west, allied
bombers again attacked enemy
forces on Himor Island and
touched off great explosions in
the town of Maoblsse, General
Mac-Arthur's headquarters an
nounced.
"We saw a lot of Jap soldiers
running for their lives for the
shelter of the Jungle," an allied
pilot said, adding that the raid
ers dropped to low levels to ma
chlncgun and bomb fuel or am
munition dumps and other ar
gets. Farley Bids
For Harmony
New York, Aug. 21 (U.R) Stale
Chairman James A. Farley, vic
torious in political battle with
President Roosevelt, sought to
day to unite democratic ranks
behind the party's candidate for
governor. Attorney General
John J. Bennett, Jr., and win
the support of the American la
bor party.
Farley, who forced the nom
ination of Bennett over Senator
James M. Mead in spite of the
presidents opposition, at the
democratic state convention yes
terday, was confident that party
harmony would be restored.
Ninft
Russians Hurl
Germans Back
Across the Don
(Continued from page 1)
nodar, only 60 miles from the
Black sea naval base of Novo
rossisk which appeared in im
minent danger of beins cut off.
But the Russians declared they
had taken a toll of more than
2,500 nazis, destroyed 14 tanks,
seven armored cars, 103 trucks
and many guns in a three-day
battle below Krasnodar.
Half way down the Caucasus,
the land bridge to the middle
cast, (he Russians acknowledged
that German vanguards had
made some advance southeast of
Pyatigorsk in a drive toward
the Grozny oil fields.
Leningrad Front
Meanwhile, the Russians
proudly marked down the first
anniversary of the siege of
Leningrad, where the red armv.
aided by the city's 3,000,000 civ
ilian population, has held the
Germans at bay for 12 months.
Dispatches to Pravda said
Adolf Hitler, expecting a swift
conquest of the old-time capital
of the czars, had thrown 80
divisions into the long assault
and hauled up 6,000 big guns,
19,000 machine-euns. 4.500 mnr.
tars and 1,000 tanks in a vain
attempt to crack the city's de
fenses. Heavy local fighting slill
raged around the northern me
tropolis, with a mid-dav com
munique reporting that more
than 1,000 Germans had been
wiped out in 48 hours. Russian
troops were credited with cap
turing an. important stratoffii.
position in a limited offensive.
German Communique
Berlin (from German broad
casts), Aug. 21 VP) Continued
German progress in the Caucasus
and annihilation of encircled sov
iet forces on the north central
front southeast of Lake Ilmen
were reported today by the Ger
man high command, which said
that elsewhere, on the Don river,
near Rzhev on the Moscow front,
and on the Volkhov front, Rus
sian attacks were repelled.
The German communique also
reported soviet planes carried
out "harrassing flights" over the
government-general area of con
quered Poland, causing casual
ties in Warsaw.
The Caucasus campaign was
mentioned only with the brief
statement that "German and al
lied troops, overcoming stubborn
enemy resistance, are success
fully continuing the attack."
Anti-aircraft artillery w a a
credited with setting fire to a
soviet transport in the Straits of
Kerch, while German mine
sweepers were reported to have
sunk two armored Russian guard
ships in the Sea of 'Azov. Sink
ing of three soviet transports on
the Volga was attributed to the
German air force.
Farther north, the communi
que declared, "several soviet at
tempts at crossing the River Don
were frustrated."
A map showing all the travels
and campaigns of General
George Washington has been
given I. W. (Doc) Lewis by
Jesse O. Drake, corner of Trade
and Winter streets, to present to
Capital Post No. 9 of the Am
erican Legion at the September
meeting. The map, under ru
thority of the 72nd congress in
commemoration of the 100th
birthday anniversary of Wash
ington, was prepared by the Na
tional Geographical society for
the National Geographic maga
zine.